A friend has asked me to restore this old chest. The lid had basically fallen apart and all the trim had long since gone. taking it fully apart is not really an option as all the joints are dovetailed and pinned. I think if I try most of the dovetails could break or fall apart. The DTs are not particularly loose but I wonder about injecting some glue into the gaps. Dont really want to use polyurethane so that leaves regular wood glue, hide glue or epoxy. Regular wood glue will shrink so not sure about gap filling. I haven't worked much with hide glue and epoxy could get messy.
It comes down to the question of what will fill gaps, provide some improved long term integrity to the joints and not look out of place.
Open to thoughts and ideas.
Thanks
It comes down to the question of what will fill gaps, provide some improved long term integrity to the joints and not look out of place.
Open to thoughts and ideas.
Thanks
Comment